Neighborhood Refuse Truck Cycle

The Neighborhood Refuse Truck Cycle was developed by the US DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the US EPA Smartway program. It is a chassis test cycle (Figure 1) representing the operation of a truck with automatic side loader.

Figure 1. Neighborhood Refuse Truck Cycle

Selected parameters of the test are:

Distance: 9.66 km = 6.0 miles

Average speed: 18 m/s = 65 km/h = 40 mph

Maximum speed: 26.8 m/s = 96.6 km/h = 60.0 mph

The cycle incorporates aggregated “stem” travel to and from collection route.

Acknowledgement: Information for this article contributed in part by NREL.